Dell XPS M1530 :: Laptop Won't Run Off The Battery
Feb 12, 2013
I have a Dell xps M1530 laptop. A few months ago my battery started to go. I just purchased a new one from Dell and it worked good for a few days then for some some reason the laptop won't run when it is not plugged into the AC adapter. I have tried unplugging the AC and taking the battery out and holding down the start button for 30 seconds and that didn't do anything. On the tool bar the battery shows its 100% fully charged and the lights on the battery itself also says it's fully charged.
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Dec 1, 2009
Last night I was using my E1705 running on battery when the thing just suddenly zapped off. I had recently glanced at the battery meter which was 75% full. I pressed the button on the actual battery which shows 3 of 5 lights on the charge meter.
The battery itself is only 1 month old and has been performing flawlessly. I just thought it was something random so I plugged the machine in and it started up.
I didn't think anything else of it till today when I went to move my laptop, removed the power cord, and the laptop turned off. I checked the physical battery meter which still reads 3 of 5 lights .....
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May 8, 2009
I know the safest place to buy it would be dell, but it's expensive. anyone have any experience with other sellers?
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Mar 16, 2009
I was just about to pull the trigger on a m1530 via dell.com (US) but found I am no longer able to configure it with a 9-cell battery.
I know I can easily buy the battery separately - but I was wondering what the likely reasons for this option disappearing are - could this mean they have stopped making 9-cells (maybe EOL for m1530)?
Wouldn't they normally just delay the ship date if the component was due to come back later?
Side note: as an alternative, I'm considering the SXPS 16 - does anyone have both a SXPS 16 and m1530 and can comment on the size/weight difference?
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Jun 16, 2009
After over year use of my XPS I have the plugged, non charging problem. I am pretty sure that at work my battery was at 100 %, but suddenly it dropped to 7 and Vista hibernated the laptop.
Tried battery charge gauge for charge it shows 1 light after i hold it for 3-4 seks it shows 1 light again. Tried with other charger (from friend) same as mine it charges for 10-15 seks then stopped.
I went to bios and noticed something strange. It shows 90 W adapter. If i unplug adapter from laptop directly and plug again BIOS shows unknown device, but if turn of adapter from wall and first plug in laptop and then in wall BIOS detect 90 W.
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Aug 23, 2009
I bought my M1530 with a 6cell battery. I also bought another genuine 9cell battery off ebay.
I am currently using only the 6 cell battery, for over a year and a half. It only lasts for about 30-40min now, and the system has given me messages of "battery replacement needed".
This said, I want to buy another one, but Dell.com is very expensive.
On ebay you can find genuine for 60-70$ and "non-genuine" for around 40$
Is it worth the extra 20-30$?
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Feb 6, 2009
I got a new dell XPS M1530 laptop with 320 GB hard disk. Now I have 10 GB of recovery drive and 290 GB drive with preinstalled Vista.
I want to repartition my hard disk so that I want to leave 50GB for the present partition i.e. for Vista and the remaining 240GB I want to make a separate partition for installing XP and others........
I want to maintain the same copy of Vista what Dell have provided with my laptop and don't want to format it and reinstall vista.
Can you please suggest me how to have both Vista in one drive(50GB) and XP in other drive(240GB) and want to boot one at any time
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Jul 28, 2009
recently I started having battery issues on my m1530. I have the 9 cell, and it always worked fine and gave me 3-4 hours of time. Now, though, it displays 3 hours, then drops slowly and accurately with time, until it gets to about 1 hr. At the 1 hr mark or so, it will instantly fall to 5% remaining (about 7 mins) and then turn off after that 7 minutes.
Also, I have been having issues with the charging as well, where it will get to "plugged in, not charging" and just sit at a certain %charge. I am away from home at a temp housing this month, so I don't know if it is just the outlets here, but sometimes it will charge all the way up and others it will just give me power and no charge.
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Mar 22, 2009
so my 9cell battery is no longer taking a charge. my 6cell still charges so i know its the battery. i called tech support and they said that batts only have a 12mo warranty.
i bought a frickin 4yr warranty when i bought it is there any loop hole or something that i can use to get another 9cell for free??
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Feb 6, 2009
New British poster here, please be gentle ;] !
I'm glad I found some fellow XPS users, maybe you could give me some advice.
I got my new(ish) M1530 yesterday (refurb from Dell Outlet, saved me £200).
Initially I was very pleased, its a lovely machine, but I then found a problem - its the curse of the random shutdown!
I first noticed it when running 3dMark this morning to demo the XPS.
It happens fairly consistently after a few minutes; the machine doesnt feel hot.
I phoned Dell support (took 1.5 hours) and they/we found it shuts down in the diagnostics tests too.
Conclusion: Replace motherboard, engineer booked.
However I have discovered it only happens when its on battery power - everything is fine on AC power.
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Mar 8, 2010
My m1530 battery life is very poor, im only getting around 40mins unplugged, Im not running power-sucking tasks either,
i just use internet and msn messenger when im unplugged. I switched to the power-saving plan and its not really making any difference.
Its so annoying now does anyone know what could potentially be the problem?
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Feb 25, 2009
I want to make sure I'm on par with others that have an XPS m1530. I always get exactly two hours while wirelessly browsing around on battery.
Everything is on, the only difference in settings is the LED LCD monitor is turned down by half.
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Mar 10, 2009
Does anyone know if a battery from M1330 (6cells) can be used for a M1530 ?
I can find only M1330 batteries.
From what I saw here:
http://www.laptopbattery-usa.com/480...ery-p-145.html
Product Fits:
Dell XPS M1330
Dell XPS M1530
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Mar 23, 2009
http://www.emag.ro/notebook_laptop/n...40#Ancora_Rate
I intend to buy this laptop, but I'm having some problems with the specs they mention and with the resonses from their tech support.
My problem is the resolution, which they list as 1400x900 and their tech support said it is 1400x900.
I highly suspect they just looked over their own product page and made the answer up, because I can't find any dell panel with this kind of resolution. Also, the 1400x900 doesn't match up with any of the standard wide-screen resolutions: 16:10, 16:9 or even 4:3
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May 21, 2009
I was just wondering, among all the XPS M1530 owners. About how long did your AC adapter and battery (6-cell or 9-cell, please specify) last before they died out on you...
I've owned my XPS M1530 (6-cell batt) for about 8 month now, and I still have not encountered problems.
However, I've read other forums and even on the Dell Store and Website that many XPS M1530 owners are dissatisfied with their AC adapters and 6 or 9 cell batteries.........................
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Sep 18, 2009
My battery on my XPS 1530 has lived its life. I need to buy a replacememt battery. The Dell website is offering me the amazing price of $189.99 (CDN dollars).
Can anyone recommend me a reliable online store or brick and mortar store that sells the XPS 1530 9 cell battery at a good price?
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Aug 11, 2009
I started looking at the XPS M1530 way back in early 2008 as a potential laptop to purchase as my first laptop, and I found that it was all around the best deal for a 15" laptop when I bought it in July of 2008.
I originally wanted the 6 cell due to the slimmer design but ended up purchasing the M1530 when the 6 cell was not in stock and the 9 cell was a free upgrade.
So I got it with the 9 cell. When I first tested it a few weeks after purchase I was able to get a little over 4 hours (almost 4.5) with Wi-Fi on and the screen at low-mid brightness. Today I tested again, I unplugged it from the wall at 4:50 today, and at exactly 7:40 the screen shutoff. That is 2 hours, 50 minutes. That is over an hour worse then what it got originally.
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Jan 7, 2009
recently I noticed that I no longer have a battery % left gauge in the lower right tray on my Vista install. I used to
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Oct 26, 2009
so today I took the plunge of buying a 9 cell battery for my m1530 in ebay it was a 7200mah/85mWH. I was wondering if anyone bought this battery here before and if its any good?
i looked at genuine dell batteries and its out of my budget...and my 6 cell can only hold an hour of charge after 1 and a Half year of use.
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Nov 14, 2008
I got a new 6-Cell battery from Dell for the M1530. I had a 9-cell before. All is well. Only issue is, with the 6-cell, if I place the laptop on the Zalman NC2000, the foot rests are not even. The back right foot rest, is lifted and there is this wobble.
Now, I did check if its fine on a normal, flat desk and the laptop sits perfectly fine, even on all four rubber foot rests.
BUT - with the 9-cell, the laptop sits well on the Zalman NC2000 (and also on a normal, flat table!)
I am confused as to why with the 6-cell it doesn't like to sit evenly on the Zalman???
To summarize:
6-cell on a normal, flat table - all is well, no wobble.
6-cell on the Zalman NC2000 - Back right foot rest (of the laptop) is in the air, hence there is the wobble. * Why?
9-cell on a normal, flat table - all is well, no wobble.
9-cell on the Zalman NC2000 - all is well, no wobble.
By the way, the zalman itself is fine, sitting well on all four corners on the table or on any flat surface!
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Oct 23, 2009
I was interested in purchasing a new battery for my Dell XPS M1530, and I'm interested in the 7200mAh/80Whr 9 CELL! Replacement Laptop Battery For Dell XPS M1530 RU006 TK330-SKU:LE3.
I was wondering if the original battery charger provided with my laptop will be compatible with this battery for charging it?
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Nov 12, 2009
i had this inspiron 1520 for a while now and everything is good but for the last 3 months,
my has been standing by when the bar hits 55%. i've checked the battery settings and it's supposed to alarm me when it hits 10% and only standby at 5% but idk why it's doing at 55%.
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Nov 29, 2007
Do you leave your battery in while the laptop is being used with the AC adatper? Does this affect the battery life in any way? Definitely makes it lighter if its on your lap!
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Dec 24, 2008
Just got my first laptop, and my wife likes using it on battery in her favorite chair whereas I prefer to sit it on the coffee table plugged into the outlet. So we end up charging it up when I use it, and only draining it to between 90 and 50% or so when she uses it. Is this okay to do, should I fully drain it once a month or so, am I being too paranoid about taking care of it?
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Jun 19, 2009
Do I have to charge the battery for 12 hours like before when I first get my laptop?
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Mar 11, 2009
i installed the Bios A12 for XPS M1530, my battery has been giving me the "plugged in, not charging" message. I've read in other threads that going back to Bios A09 fixed the problem for some people. I want to try that myself, but the problem is i can't install Bios A09 because my available battery left is only 4%. And the only way i would be able to install the Bios A09 is if i have at east 10% battery available. Since my battery can't charge,
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Jan 10, 2009
I have a 9cell on my Studio. On power saving mode, it really only last like 3 hours. I just want to compare what other's are getting on battery power.
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Sep 1, 2009
This might be a dumb question but, can I transport my Dell studio 1737 laptop without the battery in it? Is the tiny battery inside enough to keep everything okay (not sure what 'everything' is).
I based the size on specs from the Dell site plus answers to my questions from a tech support guy via chat. He told me that my new 9 cell battery would only stick out the back of the laptop by 1". I specifically asked him if it would stick out the bottom, he said no.
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Jan 22, 2008
I was thinking of purchasing a Dell XPS 1530 for college. I have everything customized exactly the way I want it but I was wondering if the bluetooth option was absolutely necessary for college campuses? I really do not want bluetooth in my laptop if I do not have to get it as I hear bluetooth drains laptop battery power, but is it required by todays standards?
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Sep 20, 2008
it's probably just me but it's been a long time since I installed Vista64 (it's that reliable) and I've forgotten a few things...
1. How do I prevent the battery from being charged when the laptop is switched on (and powered by cable)?
2. How can I make the CD automatically stop spinning after, say, a minute of non-use?
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